dude, the instantcake images are the product of one of the sponsors of this board. it isn't cool to be trading his images.

Oh, wait a second - were you interpreting my 'I'll put cake up there for you' joke to mean that I'd put the Instantcake stuff up to trade? Hahahaha...bad use of words, I meant it as a joke referencing Portal. I didn't mean I'd put up a pirated copy of his Instantcake software, I would never do that!

I'll rephrase that - I meant I'll put ice cream up there for ya if you can send me a TX-20 image.

..obviously, i don't know what the hell i am doing and this thread (the previous 1,000 posts) are burning my eyeballs out!...so, i will just come out and say this and if i break any rules, get back to me and i will wipe out this post/request.

...i have 2 tivos (TCD540040 and TCD24008A LIFETIME) that i would like to obtain image files for...in all the confusion and all the darn downloads i have done, it is my belief that instant cake carries such an image, am i correct?...reading the link to the thread above, you can see the problem with getting my "defective" tivo back on it;s feet and further, would like to have a back up should either of these take a dump in the future...and some direction to burn it back to a larger drive....am i doing the correct thing and using the correct programs for creation, storage, etc etc.??..the more reading i do, the more confused i become...i also DON"T understand mic or ftp...can anyone provide and guidance/files/etc in these issues?...thanks for the assistance... (i have pm'ed nobody)

Yes, DVRUpgrade.com has InstantCake images for both of those TiVo's. If all you want to do is get them up and running (possibly with larger drives) then that is what you need.

Oh, wait a second - were you interpreting my 'I'll put cake up there for you' joke to mean that I'd put the Instantcake stuff up to trade? Hahahaha...bad use of words, I meant it as a joke referencing Portal. I didn't mean I'd put up a pirated copy of his Instantcake software, I would never do that!

I'll rephrase that - I meant I'll put ice cream up there for ya if you can send me a TX-20 image.

Sorry, my mistake... I'm not a gamer and didn't get the reference. I don't have a TX-20 image.

I was hoping someone out of the kindness of their heart would provide me with a stock v1.3 image for my Sony SVR-2000. My Tivo has been sitting in a closet collecting dust for almost a year now. I had originally bought it as an open item from Circuit City. I had gradeur intentions of hacking and converting it into a glorified VCR. Need I say more. My futile attempts failed and a gave up for some time.

Now I understand DVRUpgrades.com provides Tivo images but unfortunately I do not believe they'll provide me with a Series 1 version otherthan 3.0. I had read that a Series 1 would allow me to use the tivo as a basic recording device which is what I hoping to use it for. Thank you in advance.

You don't need 1.3. 3.0 will work fine. You may need to get TiVo to set the "can record" flag though, if your unit is one of the older ones eligible for that state. You can send a PM to tivojerry, with the TSN of the unit, explaining what you want.

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You don't need 1.3. 3.0 will work fine. You may need to get TiVo to set the "can record" flag though, if your unit is one of the older ones eligible for that state. You can send a PM to tivojerry, with the TSN of the unit, explaining what you want.

Since TivoJerry is out on vacation until 9/9 and is consequently not accepting PMs, I gave Tivo Support a call. Regrettably the Tivo support representative I spoke with said I was not eligible and stated that I would need to subscribe to get the recording functionality I was looking for. Interestingly enough he did not even want to look up my TSN to validate eligibility.

On a related note he did read from one of their internal incident codes (14-29-02) which clearly stated that only Tivo Series 1 devices manufactured on or before October 2001 are eligible for the "can record" flag. Since my Tivo was built in December 2001, I cannot leverage the option you provided.

With that being said I am hoping someone could review my orginal request and help me locate a stock v1.3 image for an SVR-2000. Thank you again for your assistance!

I'm looking for an image for a DRT800. I bought it cheap on ebay because it needs a hard drive.

I am considering InstantCake. I don't have any problem spending $20, but I'm not sure what I'm getting for it. I don't need an auto-installer. What I would like is a raw untampered with image. Has the InstantCake image been modified or is it a stock virgin image?

My series 3 recently started doing the evil loop of death. I was hoping to find a stock image to place onto a blank hard drive to get it working again. Is the efnet portal still working or will I need to buy instantcake (I'd gladly pay $10 to get the image, but $20 seems a little steep when I do not even need the installer, I can do it myself with the free tools available to the community)

My series 3 recently started doing the evil loop of death. I was hoping to find a stock image to place onto a blank hard drive to get it working again. Is the efnet portal still working or will I need to buy instantcake (I'd gladly pay $10 to get the image, but $20 seems a little steep when I do not even need the installer, I can do it myself with the free tools available to the community)

You should consider removing the drive and running diagnostics on it. That will ensure you identify the problem before spending any money (either on InstantCake or a new drive) unnecessarily.

Lou

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will I need to buy instantcake (I'd gladly pay $10 to get the image, but $20 seems a little steep when I do not even need the installer, I can do it myself with the free tools available to the community)

I don't think Lou is charging extra for the installer. I suspect $20 is the minimum price that Lou feels is enough to cover credit card (paypal) charges, marketing expenses (board sponsorship), server costs while leaving a few dollars of profit. I don't know if he pays tivo a licensing fee per download.

Spend a few dollars to get immediate access to a clean image or take the time to find an image on the web.